Our waterways are frequently filled with Navy war ships and Coast Guard cutters. Air Force jet fighters rumble overhead. Soldiers and Marines call the region home when they aren't heading to or from war zones.

And military families man the home fronts, their American flags flying high.

There's no shortage supply of troop support in Hampton Roads. When the nation is at war, Hampton Roads feels it.

Fort Story, Virginia Beach. Established in 1914, this post is home of the 11th Transportation Battalion, which conducts amphibious operations and is one of the battalions attached to Fort Eustis' 7th Sustainment Brigade. It is the Army's only saltwater-purification training site. Explosive ordnance disposal sailors and Navy SEALs also train there. The scenic base at the beach is home to 987 soldiers and serves 14,570 retirees and family members. It also provides amphibious training for other branches of the military. Payroll for the base is $91.7 million.

Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, Virginia Beach/Norfolk. This is the largest amphibious base in the world and the heart of the expeditionary forces for the Atlantic Fleet. It is also the East Coast headquarters of the Navy SEALs. Little Creek is home to 101 shore commands, 16 Navy ships, 36 hovercraft and 27 conventional beach landing craft. Major commands include Network Warfare Command, Naval Expeditionary Combat Command, Amphibious Group 2, Naval Special Warfare Groups 2 and 4 , Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Atlantic, Surface Warfare Development Group and the Armed Forces School of Music. In addition, the Coast Guard operates ships from the base's piers. The base has 7,800 military and about 1,600 civilian personnel. The combined payroll is roughly $463 million.

Oceana Naval Air Station, Virginia Beach. A Navy master jet base, Oceana is home to more than 200 aircraft, including the Navy's F-18 Super Hornets. The last F-14 Tomcats — made famous in the movie "Top Gun" — flew out of Oceana before being retired in 2006. The base's planes are either assigned to carriers or used as mock enemy fighters for training. About 9,247 military personnel and 2,547 civilians are stationed or work there. Dam Neck Annex, also in Virginia Beach, falls under Oceana. It has 3,799 military and 1,368 civilians. The combined payroll is $1.12 billion.

A 19-year-old Portsmouth woman is facing multiple charges following a police pursuit that ended in Newport News over the weekend and involved two children reported missing in Chesapeake, an official said.

Somebody decided to get cute on Twitter during the recent snow, creating an account in the name of Hampton City Schools Superintendent Linda Shifflette and announcing that schools were closed — before Shifflette had made a decision and tweeted it on her own account.